Once hailed as a “watered paradise,” Ghana’s lush forests and rivers are now soaked in poison. Illicit gold mining or galamsey has exploded across the country, leaving in its wake a toxic stew of mercury, arsenic and cyanide. Today, these pollutants hitchhike on every river, soil particle, breath of air and morsel of food.
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